Champions League spot beckons Malaga
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August 24, 2012, Friday
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MALAGA gave itself an excellent chance of qualifying for the Champions League for the first time by beating Panathinaikos 2-0 at home in the first leg of its playoff on Wednesday.
Udinese, like Malaga hit by a flurry of summer departures, held Braga 1-1 away and Belarus champion BATE Borisov appears on the brink of a second successive group stage appearance after a 2-0 home win over Israel's Hapoel Kiryat Shmona.
AEL Limassol, hoping to provide more success for Cyprus after APOEL's run to the quarterfinals last season, won 2-1 against Anderlecht which, like Tottenham Hotspur, is suffering the consequences of Chelsea winning the trophy last season.
Tottenham missed out altogether because Chelsea, which finished outside the top four in the English Premier League, took its place under UEFA's complex qualification system. Anderlecht, which should have gone straight into the group stage, was pushed back into the third qualification round.
Former Argentina defender Martin Demichelis put Malaga in front against group stage regular Panathinaikos when he reacted quickly to flick home from close range in the 17th minute.
Portuguese Eliseu volleyed the second just after the half hour. Although Malaga did not concede, it may have been disappointed not to have added to its tally after it dominated the match.
Udinese, beaten at the same stage by Arsenal last season, went ahead in the 23rd minute against the run of play with a Dusan Basta header before Braga's Brazilian leftback Ismaily rifled in a stunning equalizer from long range in the 68th minute.
Defeat for Udinese against the Portuguese side would leave Italy with only two teams in the group stage after Serie A dropped below the Bundesliga in UEFA's coefficients system.
Udinese, like Malaga hit by a flurry of summer departures, held Braga 1-1 away and Belarus champion BATE Borisov appears on the brink of a second successive group stage appearance after a 2-0 home win over Israel's Hapoel Kiryat Shmona.
AEL Limassol, hoping to provide more success for Cyprus after APOEL's run to the quarterfinals last season, won 2-1 against Anderlecht which, like Tottenham Hotspur, is suffering the consequences of Chelsea winning the trophy last season.
Tottenham missed out altogether because Chelsea, which finished outside the top four in the English Premier League, took its place under UEFA's complex qualification system. Anderlecht, which should have gone straight into the group stage, was pushed back into the third qualification round.
Former Argentina defender Martin Demichelis put Malaga in front against group stage regular Panathinaikos when he reacted quickly to flick home from close range in the 17th minute.
Portuguese Eliseu volleyed the second just after the half hour. Although Malaga did not concede, it may have been disappointed not to have added to its tally after it dominated the match.
Udinese, beaten at the same stage by Arsenal last season, went ahead in the 23rd minute against the run of play with a Dusan Basta header before Braga's Brazilian leftback Ismaily rifled in a stunning equalizer from long range in the 68th minute.
Defeat for Udinese against the Portuguese side would leave Italy with only two teams in the group stage after Serie A dropped below the Bundesliga in UEFA's coefficients system.
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